hello earn. i'm don lemon, going to get you up to speed on the headline uts. italy's council general has survived an assassination attempt. no one was injured but it was the latest attack targeting missions in the city. france's military is caring out operations in who hot spots in african. more than 100 people have been killed in northern mally. france has come to the aide of mali. two french soldiers were killed

in the attempt to free a french intelligence agent who may have died in the raid. government air forces are back in action and pounding the out skirts of damascus. >> the rebels are cl s are cla victory. they seized weapons and ammunition after the battle. activists say that at least 108 people were killed today in the civil war. a relative said that aaron swartz committed suicide at the age of 26 . he had legal trouble related to his activism and had blogged about his battle against depression. at a time when the gun control debate is everywhere and showing no signs of fading. the debate will get more fuel tuesday when the obama

administration releases the plan to reduce gun violence. the president called on the report after the newtown school shooting to come up with answers, to what has seemed like an unsolvable question. how do we deal with the gun violence that is shaking the nation? the answer is not easy and the political will has been lacking in both parties. but newtown seemed to change the equation. the deaths of 26 innocent people, including 20 children has pierced the nation's consciousness. we do not know what biden's report will say, we are told that the obama administration will try to pass an assault weapon's bans. the nra will oppose it. and gun rights supporters want to focus more on mental health and school safety. we will see what the

backgroundries are going to be on tuesday -- boundaries are going to be on tuesy. nothing that anyone could predict is the conspiracy theory of what happened on that day. we know that people put their theories on everything on the internet. there's a professor that questions whether the newtown tragedy ever occurred. >> it turns out that one of the people that is putting this theory forward is a tenured professor in a university. his name is james tracy. this is a picture of him, here is what he looks like. james tracy is his name. he claims the shooting did not happen as reported and may not have happened at all. here is what he wrote on his personal blog. i quote, one is left to inquire whether the sandy hook shooting ever took place, at least in the way that law enforcement authorities and the nation's news media described. tracy makes the case, if you want to call it that, the news

organization mand the governmen may have duped you, the public to push gun control law and may have used trained crisis actors. he is not convinced that the parents whose children were killed are really who they say they are. in his blog, tracy, again a professor, suggests that they may be trained actors working f for state and local authorities. he insights a company called crisis actors to use actors in safety drills and the like. that is supposed to bolster his case, by the way, there is such a company and they are upset by the statements. and they said, that we are outraged by his promotion of

rumor of connecting our actors in these events. we do not engage in real world events. here is what he said when contacted. >> you had 20 families that were mourning that buried children. are you concerned about that at all? >> well with, i think that the entire country mourn onned about sandy hook. and yet, once again, the investigation, that journalistic institution should have carried out never took place, as far as i'm concerned. i think that we need to as a society look at things more carefully. perhaps we as a society have been conditioned to be duped. >> now, i don't know even really know what that means, what he is saying. what the words coming out of his mouth means. to suggest that the reporters on

the ground did not work to find out what happened is crazy. that is what we do. to suggest that this means that the shootings did not happen. and the children were not killed and the families are not suffering and did not suffer. is deeply upsetting to many. he is not the only one spinning the conspiracy theories. here is one from a website that i will not name. some are claiming that 6-year-old emily parker killed in sandy hook didn't actually die. as proof, they point to a dress, a dress she was wearing in a family photo before the shooting. it's the same dress that emily's little sister wore when the president met with victims families. the people online, they are saying that is actually emily on president obama's lap. it's a sickening claim obviously. there's no other word for it.

and they have another website, they used one of the mothers to make the point. here is some of the interview, before i tell you the theory, watch the conversation i had with her first. >> how are you holding up? i mean? >> most of the time i'm kind of numb, you know. i think about and -- i think every mama out there can relate to the fact of how long it takes to create a baby. those nine months that you watch every ultrasound and it takes nine months to create a human being and it takes seconds for an ar-15 to take that away from the surface of the earth. >> this website said she was way too composed and she was not crying and that is not how a grieving mother looks. that is just one of the most ridiculous things i have heard. i have experienced grief myself, and interviewed many people in

grief and to say one way should be known as grief is ignorant. unless you go to the websites you probably never will see them. and we will not mention them. but here is james tracy, a tenured professor at a public university, taxpayers pay part of his salary. in newtown, and beyond, his comments are trippinger intense out range. in newtown, aim was taken at florida atlanta university saying shame on you too, fau to have someone like this on your payroll. i can assure you the events unfolded exactly how reported. the violent death of 26 people and 20 children. tonight at 10:00 eastern, we are looking at the new gun control measures expected to be put forward by the white house, we will talk about members of congress, a former law enforcement officer and a survivor of columbine.

a mother, home being burglarized and she shoots the intruder, he survives. now the gun rights supporters a are using the case to show why americans should have high weapons. a lot of people across the united states are sick this evening and i mean a lot of people. the cdc said bottom line, it's flu season, but this epidemic is hitting us hard and hitting us wide, nearly the entire nations reporting wide-spread flu activity and while it's small comfort to people like me who are dealing with the flu symptoms, the number of cases seem to be dropping. i spoke with a doctor who specializes in diseases, here is our conversation. >> the flu vaccine, although the best tool we have, is not 100% effective. so based on if information we have so far, it appears that if

you get the flu vaccine, you are 60% less likely to see a doctor for the flu. you may have been in the not so lucky -- >> not so lucky. >> that's %. so then, i took it a little bit late. tamaflu. >> it does work, it works best in the first 48 hours of your sti symptoms. >> people said remove the cup. it's tea, honest oi, lemon. does that work? >> i think it will make you feel better. it will not do much for the virus. >> if i hear one more person to tell me to wash my hands, doctor, i will slug them. i do it all the time, i use anti-bacterials, that is not it. it's flu season. >> you are right, it is flu season. >> it's ridiculous, we tell them, wash your hands, wash your hands. come on people. >> it may protect the people you are working with but it did not keep you from getting sick or

keep someone from coughing or sneezing near you. >> what about those hand sanitizers. i think it works in reverse. if you build up an immunity, if you use anti-bacterials, doesn't that hurt? >> most of the alcohol based hand sanitizer should work as well. but for certain bugs, use soap and water. >> i did not read this. 47 states now reporting widespread flu activity and the vaccine is said to be the best tool out there to fight it. do you agree with it? >> i agree. >> did they hit it? >> it's a good match. but even on years where it's a good match. it's not going to work 100% of the time. >> wash your hands. that was our expert here in atlanta.

and just a few hours ago, the governor of new york expanded alert from just the city to all over the state. hospitals are packed with the flu or hoping to prevent it. we are in the flu clinic outside d.c. >> hi, the we are just a few miles outside of washington, d.c. and falls church virginia have a is a state where it's widespread, so clinics like this one have seen a lot of extra activity. we spoke to a doctor early 84, let's listen to what he had to say. >> in the last couple of weeks i have seen an increase in demand for people coming in, either thinking they have the flu or requesting flu vaccines. >> so there you have it, don, a lot of activity in this clinic and doctors say that nationwide, there's millions flu vaccines available. some 135 million doses were manufactured and only 112 million people have gotten the doses. folks are urging people to go out and get the flu shot.

there's a myth out there that getting a flu vaccine can give you the flu. doctors say it's not true. but that you should not get the flu if you are ill with a fever, or younger than 6 months old, or anal an allergy to eggs. if anyone is wondering, the president has gotten his. don? >> thank you. appreciate it. it's the biggest scandal to hit cycling and now new reports of a possible confession, why lance armstrong may come clean days from now. nothing. are you stealing our daughter's school supplies and taking them to work? no, i was just looking for my stapler and my... this thing. i save money by using fedex ground and buy my own supplies.

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lance armstrong has always denied he ever cheated, denied he ever used performance-enhancing drugs on his way to becoming the greatest cyclist in the world. we are now days away from hearing him confess to what he said he never did. >> i have said it for seven years, i said it for longer than seven years, i have never doped. i can say it again. it doesn't help. >> help may be something that he will need a lot of to redeem his reputation after the usa today reports that he will admit to doping throughout his career. the newspaper does not name the source, but said it's a person with knowledge of the situation. usa today said that the former tour de france champion's admission will be with oprah taped for air thursday.

as for why he is doing it now, the journalist who taped the story said he had no choice. >> with all the evidence that came out against him, it's hard to deny it anymore. and he is making a calculated decision for himself, personally, it's also i think a business decision for him. because it's effecting his charity, livestrong, all of his sponsors have fired him. >> armstrong has kept a low profile since the u.s. anti-doping agency released thousands of pages of evidence of what it said was a brazen doping program. it was his repeated denials that has angered so many. including former teammates who were found guilty of doping themselves. >> did you see lance armstrong using performance enhancing drugs? >> yeah, at different times at training camps. >> we all too, there's no difference between lance armstrong and i would say the majority of the pelaton.

>> the different would be that few from the former group has fallen from grace this hard. already without 10s of millions dollars in endorsements, late last year, lance armstrong, a cancer survivor was forced out from livestrong, the cancer charity he found. he could now face legal consequences. he is not expected to give detail in oprah's interview but he could get a shot as resuming his competitive racing career. >> if he wanted to get the ban reduced, the rule book said no less than eight years. so eight years from now, he would be 49. i don't know how interested he would be in competing at that age. >> cnn's calls to armstrong's attorneys for response to the usa today report have gone unanswered. cnn atlanta. >> all right, nick, people railroad hunting pythons in florida today, including john, he will tell us why the state is holding a month-long contest to

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>> people are hunting pythons in florida today. and they can win prizes. it's part of a month-long contest called a python challenge, designed to tackle the challenge of the exploding python population problem. john is out python hunting in the everglades, like a real man.

how many have you seen? >> none right now. we are on a trail that bisects the florida everglades between miami and naples and we are now closer to naples than miami. we are out here with justin matthews, he and his brother-in-law have come across from the west coast of florida to be in this python challenge. do know, the species, it's a constrictor, not a venomous snake, but they can get 15-20 feet long and they have no natural enemy so they have been introduced and taken over. it's critical that they get a handle on these snakes out here in the glades, we had an opportunity earlier today at the kickoff event to talk to justin and to talk with an officer from the wild life commission about what they are hoping to

accomplish. >> you can go out there for days and days and days and not see one python. i don't care how much experience you have. it is gonna take in luck. >> if we remove one snake from the ecosystem we have done a did thing. if everyone brings one snake, that is 700 less that we have in the ecosystem. >> but the reality is that you are talking about millions acres in the florida everglades, they do not know how many are out here. estimates are up to 100,000, maybe more, maybe less. nobody is really quite sure. but they do know that they are a problem, they are a nuisance, and if they can at least control them, nobody ever expects they will be able to eradicate them, because they have a strong hold here, but if they can control them, this is a way of doing, that will be a major, major help. and again, no snakes so far, we are still looking and fingers

crossed but as it goes, a couple hours ago, not terribly optimistic. >> hey, john, how big of a problem is it? most of us go to florida, now and again, snow birds that sort of thing, down in miami and the keys, you live there. do you see these things? >> no, see and that is an excellent point, we were talking about it earlier here, the fact of the matter is, you know, there's so much written about them and so much publicity about them, that people think they are everywhere when you come down here. not like the alligator where you can go out and there's a million of them in florida. and you can see them just about any public place you go to. but these snakes, no. not at all. they are -- they are very much a snake that likes to hide, they don't like to be out. so, it's not like it's portrayed in a lot of ways. they are not everywhere. let's put it that way. >> i remember my first trip down to do a story at the space thing

that -- the launching of the space shuttle and i said look at the statues of alligators and he said, you want to go out there? that's not a statue, they are everywhere. you can see the alligators. >> that is right, and one time i was at the state center, it's a wildlife habitat. an alligator was in the parking lot under a car of one of the nasa employees. >> florida, weather is beautiful, but you never know the critters that are around. >> it's been a land mark since >> it's been a land mark since running aground a year ago -- >> it's been a land mark since running aground a year ago -- oh dear, i got a flat tire. hmmm. uh... yeah, can you find a take where it's a bit more dramatic on that last line, yeah? yeah i got it right here. someone help me!!! i have a flat tire!!!

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let's get you up to speed on the headlines. get your flu shot, that is from the director of the cdc who said it's not too late and it can still prevent the flu epidemic from hitting you if it's not hit you already. 47 states are reporting what doctors are calling widespread flu activity and that is an epidemic people. companies that make the vaccine say there's plenty available if you want to get a shot. >> the man known as the american taliban has won a legal battle allowing him and fellow muslim inmates to gather for prayer. he is being held in a federal prison in indiana. the warden was violating his rights by not allowing his religious activities.

president barack obama plans to award the medal of honor next no to a former u.s. army sergeant. he was in a combat out post in afghanistan. he helped to fight off 300 enemy fighters who surrounded him and his fellow soldiers. the approval rating for our elected representatives in washington is standing at 14%. 81% disapprove, that is an improvement from august at 10%. the brother of ailing venezualen president, chavez, has benot be seen in public for a month now. tomorrow marks 1 year since

the luxury coaruise ship ran aground survivors are pushing for changes so that a tragedy like theirs will never happen again. miguel marquez reports. [ screaming ] . >> a world turned up side down. a luxury cruise liner strikes a massive rock. it shudders to a stop, begins listing heavily and starts to sink. >> the fear that was basically, terrifying, because especially what really terrified is, well how -- when panic started -- >> this couple and their two daughters were among the 4200 plus, passengers and crew on board the costa concordia, they said their goodbyes thinking

they would die. it was found that the captain did not order abandon ship in a timely manner. >> if they trained the personnel, and gave the word, everyone wanted to get on the life boats, i guarantee you that everyone would have sur viv -- d have survived. >> some say the changes are not enough. standards of employment, training and evaluation of cruise line staff at all levels can be better and be made more consistent. any day now, an italian prosecutor is expected to request that nine officers and crew including the ship's captain face criminal charges. today the cruise liner is a fixture on the landscape. and on google earth, it looks like a man-made island. the crew hopes to raise and remove the ship this summer. almost 60 degrees in

detroit, 70 here in atlanta and snow storms out west. you know, it's been another weekend of weird weather across part tofs country. meteorologist jenny harrison gives an idea of what is ahead. >> the eastern part of the u.s. is coming out better from the weather pattern than the west. very warm across eastern regions out toward the west. we have temperatures way below the average, as muches 30 degrees below average. and temperatures are in some areas about 30 degrees above the average. now, this system of course, is not just standing still, it's moving its way eastward. we will see the rain showers and thunderstorms along the line of the front. really the main story is going to be this cold air, it will continue to filter across much of the midwest and he to the southeast. just by monday, the eastern fringes, managing to hold on to the above average temperatures. of course, during the cold spell, we have had nasty winter

weather to contend with. have a look at the winter weather coming out of north dakota, this is on friday. as much as seven inches of snow fell in a short space of time and you can see, of course, with winds as well, and winds were gusting to 30 miles an hour. not a nice situation at all. and then, just hours earlier, really on thursday night, this is the picture coming to us out of spokane in washington. so really the same system, but, of course impacting spokane first of all and this again in the short space of time. there was a fresh layer of snow, but it just turned so icy in as many as 20 cars were involved in a huge pile up. you can see the damage that was done there. thankfully no reports of any injuries. but as we look again, what will happen in the terms of the temperatures, you can see here that new york city still staying above average. even by tuesday. but coming down in washington so 43 as you can see there. and cincinnati going to feel quite chilly, so 38 for your high on tuesday and still a bit

above the southeast and then out across the west. it will be longer for the temperatures to rebound. you can see with an average of 44, denver on a tuesday, just about managing to reach 39 and in phoenix, we have got 57, so again, a little bit below par. but things are getting better out across the west, don? >> thank you, jenny harrison. coming up, we are learning more about a teenager who stormed into a california school with a hit list and a plot to kill students who bullied him. yeah, we found that wonderful thing. and you smiled. and threw it. and i decided i would never, ever leave it anywhere. because that wonderful, bouncy, roll-around thing... had made you play. and that... had made you smile. [ announcer ] beneful. play. it's good for you.

>> a north carolina man who is deaf is recovering from stab wounds after police say his sign language was misinterpreted for gang signs, he was communicating in sign language when another man saw him and began to stab him, neighbors were shocked at what happened next. >> i have no voice now from screaming stop, stop! leave that man alone! >> it was one, two. three, four, five, his hands and his face. >> it's not fair. that man is an innocent man. >> the whole neighborhood knew him. >> whoever did it i hope they suffer for it. >> the suspect is charged with

assault with a deadly weapon, and an assault on a handicapped person. a student is in critical condition after being shot at a school. the student that shot him will be charged with murder, the suspect was alleged lly bullied. the shooting that happened was planned by a jean-year-old boy, it was here where the boy gathered his brother's shot gun and two dozen rounds and then walked into the science building midway through first period. >> we have video of him entering the school, trying conceal the shot gun. we have the video showing that he is nervous. >> officers say the boy walked to the front of the classroom and opened fire, striking a jean-year-old classmate at near point blank range. the students began to flee. trying to hide in closets and

run out of the room, another shot, this one missed a target, another 16-year-old boy. morgan was in the classroom and said that the gunman began calling out a name. after he asked for a student three times. the student popped his head up from behind where he was hiding and apologized. >> for what? >> for bullying him, freshman year. >> then the classroom's teacher stepped in between the 12 gauge shot gun and the fleeing students. the well liked teacher spoke to the boy like his friend and investigators say the boy told him, i don't want to shoot you. meanwhile the school's counselor helped to distract the gunman while the rest of the 28 students escaped. >> this teacher and this counselor stood there face to face, not knowing whether he is going to turn that shot gun on them. whatever they said compelled him to put it down. >> heber who was also a graduate of the high school was hit in the head by a small shot gun

pell it, something he did not notice until it was over. heber always thinks of others first. >> there was no pain, he is fine. physically he is absolutely super. mentally, he is dealing with the day. he said is it's the worst day of his life. which you could imagine it would be. >> cnn taft, california. >> coming up, super thin. amazingly huge and ridiculously expensive, we will show you the jaw dropping televisions of the future.

>> okay, a tip for you today, and it comes from the department of homeland security, if you have the software called java on your home or work computer, you may want to unstall it. it has a glitch that could leave your computer vulnerable to outside attack. a hacker could install harmful programs or steel your identity. hundreds of millions people and businesses use the java software. the company that makes it, oracle said oh, they are working on a fix. let's hope it happens fast. we have a peek into the near future this past week. the consumer electronics show, or ces just wrapped up in vegas.

it's considered the super bowl of gadgets. featuring all the cool designs in tech. phones, appliances, and huge leaps in the device you are watching right now. some incredible new televisions. super thin screens, incredible picture and much more. lori, i need -- do we need more clarity for people to say hey, look, oh, that zit or come on? >> it may be difference for us, but yes in the future, we are going to be even clearer on the air. you know, the innovation happening in this realm is insane, don, our gadget reporters came back saying they are the tvs at the future and it's coming very, very soon. >> it's o l.e.d., what is that? >> o l.e.d., it's all the rage. a lot of companies are building this kind of technology and it lets manufacturers take televisions and make them more thin, make the contrast more --

much more vivid. >> look how thin that is, laurie. >> i know, this is the 55 inch tv that got a lot of attention, as you can imagine, take a look at it. the width is less than a quarter of an inch and it weighs 16 pounds. they are skief expensive. this is $12,000. so we are definitely going to see a lot of it in the future, don. >> i had a plaz matel vision for a long time, and i just got that -- plasma television for a long time and i just got that samsung l.e.d., the thin clear one. >> a lot of people are going to kick themselves because all this stuff is coming out now. >> i first got it and it dvrs and showed mine, it's ridiculously clear. it's clearer than in person. >> and wait until we get to the next ones, don, it will get worse. >> okay, so we are all thrilled about high definition tvs and now we are getting ultra hd.

>> you are going to be making another doctor pointment after this. ultra hd, you had sd, now hd and now we are in the future, and it's ultra hd, that means the resolution is much, much better. they are called 4k tv, that is 4,000 pixels, that is four times the amount of pixels in a normal hd television, you see it, how great the resolution is. you can stand close to a tv and with normal televisions, it is blurry, but with this kind of tv the picture will be clear. but i will say, you mentioned this being expensive. these are the kind of tvs that are going to be so expensive because the tech is so new. sony has one for 10s of thousands of dollars and one manufacturer is selling a 110 inch, 4k television for $300,000. don, i don't know. unless the tv is cooking and cleaning for me, i'm not sure i

would pay that much. >> what sit? 100 inches? >> it's 110 inches. it's big and huge, but it's always $300,000. >> the future looks very clear. >> what is it then? what -- remember it was plaz ma and then it was l.e.d. and then it was -- there was else what is the rage now? >> say it again, don? >> what is the rage, plasma or l.e.d. l.e.d.? >> when we talk about o.l.e.d., this is the next step. this is what people are going to be looking for and this is what they are investing a lot of money. >> is anybody going to come up with a better way to do 3-d, i have it, and it's not bad, and the dumb glasses. >> you say it perfectly. who wants to sit at home and put on the glasses. that is why a lot of the 3-d tvs

are not been taking off. but there's a company called visio, who are trying to build 3-d televisions without the glasses. that's the future. it's a couple years off, but our gadget reporter went and tried it out and said this is the future, don. >> i can't wait, thank you, laurie, good stuff. >> thank you. >> appreciate it. the reminders of superstorm sandy for many can be found by looking out the window. it hit the northeast more than two months ago and it is being called the hundred year storm, but experts say it's a sign of what is to come. a hybrid? most are just no fun to drive. now, here's one that will make you feel alive. meet the five-passenger ford c-max hybrid. c-max says ha. c-max says wheeee.

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it was just over two months ago that superstorm sandy devastated the east coast and brought new york city to a standstill. experts say it's a snapshot of what can happen more often. climate change threatens to make future storms more dangerous. raising the question, is there anything we can do? we dispatched a team of cnn reporters across the country to investigate. jason carroll went into the new york city subway system to tour the station, which was badly damaged. >> the electric systems. the fare collection systems. the riding systems. the stairway, the ventilation systems. they're all pretty much ruined from the water, from the surge damage. >> reporter: less than 48 hours

after the storm struck, new york city's chief infrastructure officer took us down into the subway system. >> we'll take a quick look. >> reporter: to what looked like a scene from a science fiction movie. something beyond imagination. >> believe it or not, these timbers washed in from the ocean or the bay. >> reporter: so this washed in from -- >> all of this debris washed in from the tidal surge. >> reporter: this station, the end of the line for the number one train is called south ferry. three years ago, it was brand-new, built at a cost of $500 million. now it's in ruins. sandy broke records for the biggest waves in new york harbor, for the biggest surge in new york city and the lowest pressure ever north of north carolina. what was the impactful part was the surge at 12, 15 feet. that surge had never been seen in new york city before.

>> when we were here, the water was just below this mezzanine level. >> reporter: nearly a month after our first interview, this time, dressed in a suit and tie, took us back underground. >> it wasn't a rebuild as some of our other stations. this is a brand-new tunnel station built. they've been taken back to the shops. >> reporter: just rebuilding could take up to a year or more at a cost he's not even willing to guess about. >> we'll start taking components or pieces of the station down. the finished surfaces. the finished ceiling. the acoustic pieces. the signal systems will be rebuilt. all the conduits will be opened and drained. >> that's jason carroll reporting. check out "cnn presents, the coming storms." coming up at the top of the hour. >> at 10:00, my interview with pete rose. he talked about his current ban

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